Demand for rhino horn in Vietnam threatens rhinos

Increasing demand for rhino horn from Asia, and especially Vietnam, is driving a poaching crisis on the African continent with poaching levels in South Africa having risen by a staggering 5000% since 2007.

In 2012, 668 rhinos were illegally killed in South Africa equal to an average of almost two rhinos killed per day. Poaching levels have risen by a staggering 5000% since 2007 when just 13 rhinos were killed.

Although there are laws already in place to protect the rhino, as well as other endangered species, governments are not doing enough.

WWF and TRAFFIC, along with you, our supporters, are asking governments to protect rhinos from poaching by: